Female suicide bombers hit Potiskum, many feared dead

Five people including two female suicide bombers were killed after a noon attack on a GSM market in Potiskum town in Yobe State.

According to eyewitness, the bombers were dropped off by an unsuspecting tricycle rider near the market who later detonated themselves in the midst of crowd.

A nurse at the Potiskum General Hospital informed that three dead bodies have been brought to the hospital. The two suicide bombers also died.
” There are 46 people that are wounded. With this number that are wounded, there is a possibility that the death toll will rise because some of the injuries are critical,” the source informed.

Narrating the incident, Adamu Saidu a trader in the market who escaped the attack narrowly explained that the sound of the blast set the whole market in confusion.

” I was attending to a customer in my shop when I heard a loud sound. I fell down but woke up to see many people running in all direction. Everybody was confused. I saw some people on the ground in pains. I saw the bodies of the two female suicide bombers cut into two,” Saidu explained.

Another source Abubakar, explained that the suicide bombers are teenage girls between the ages of 10 to 12 years.

“I saw the suicide bombers bodies completely in pieces. From their looks, they are little girls of very tender ages of between 10 to 12 years. I wonder who is using these little girls for this kind of mission. It is quite unfortunate what is happening.

“For us in Yobe and Borno and this part of the country, we are praying to God for the end of this crisis because it has become clear that our Government cannot protect us any longer,” Abubakar Idris said.

2 thoughts on “Female suicide bombers hit Potiskum, many feared dead”

Yes, it’s the duty of the govt to protect the citizens but that can only be possible when the people are peace loving. Can the govt look inward of you to know your plan?, when you are a father that submits his children for suicide bombings?. Islam is the global security problem. It is valueless, clueless, infact no adjective can qualify it.